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XLYi. COMPOSiTiE : ciciiOKACEiE. iLeontodon. 



Heads solitary, on long simple stalks. Corollas red 

 The herb IS very milky, and said to dlfFuse a smell re- 



at the base. 



externally. 



sembiing bitter almonds, 



2. B. taraxacifolia DC. {small rovgli B.) ; leaves scabrous 

 lower cauline ones runcinato-plnnatifid sessile, heads erect 

 involucre bristly and downy longer than the uniformly beaked 

 achenes, outer scales ovato-lanceolate membranaceous-mar<vIned 

 bracteas herbaceous linear. Ci^epis E. B. S. t. 29'>9 C bTenni^ 



E. B. t. 149. ' ' 



Chalky pastures in England ; Kent, SafTolk, Essex, Surrey. Caer- 

 narvonshire, N. Wales. ^. 6, 7. — Leaves mostly radical* stalked 

 lyrato-runcinate or pinnatifid, with the terminal lobes laro-e : upper 

 cauhne ones linear-lanceolate with linear lobes near the base. Heads 

 In an irregular corymb. Achenes with rough ribs, and all of them with 

 a beak nearly their own length. 



\_B. setosa DC. (Crepis E, B. S. t. 2945), which has the achenes 

 uniformly beaked, and the outer scales of the involucre small linear- 

 spreading and scarcely membranaceous-margined, has been occa- 

 sionally found in fields, but is not indigenous.] 



J 12. Leontodon Linn, Dandelion. (Tab. III. A.) 



Achenes terete, or slightly angled at the base, compressed up- 

 wards, with a very long slender beak. Pappus pilose. Recept 

 naked. InvoL many-flowered, imbricated with scales, of which 

 the outermost are frequently lax and flaccid. — ISI'amed from 

 Xfwz/, a lion^ and oSovq^ a toothy from the tooth-like maro-lns of 

 the leaves. 



1. 1j. Taraxacum L, (cotwttzow D.) ; leaves runcinate toothed 

 a, outer scales of \\\q involucre reflexed. E. B. t. 510. 

 Taraxacum officinale Wigg. T. Dens Leonis Besf. —p. scales 

 of the involucre erect appressed. L. palustre Sm, E. B. t. 553. 

 Tar. palustre DC. 



Meadows and pastures, common.—^. Wet open pastures and 

 moors. 2/.. 3—10. — We only notice the two extreme vars., but 

 there are several intermediate forms. The lowermost leaves are some- 

 times obovate, and not runcinate. Fncit linear-obovate, obtuse, 

 muricated towards or at the apex, longitudinally striate] usually 

 pale, but sometimes reddish-yellow or even bright red. 



13, HiERACiuM Linn. Hawk-weed.^ . 



Achenes angular, furrowed, with an entire or toothed margin 

 at the top without a beak. Pappus pilose, in one row, frequently 



1 In the Symb. ad Hist. Hier. (Nov. Act. Reg. Soc. Scient. Vol. Ups. xiii. xiv.) 

 of Fries, he notices (either by referring to plates or specimens) no fewer than 32 

 species natives of Britain: many of these we cannot identify satisfactorily by his 

 charactiifs, and we have not access to authentic specimens. We ShaU n(.t attempt 

 to arrange our species m the order proposed by Fries, as we cannot re ain entire 



the' v.ndL^ of th^e nh^'"^?' ^^ subdivisions, not being able to satisfy oSe of 

 the validity of the characters proposed. Fries places great dependence on the 



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